Patents by Inventor Chao Yuan Chen
Chao Yuan Chen has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20120075562Abstract: A liquid crystal display panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a liquid crystal layer, a plurality of first regions and a plurality of second regions. The first regions and the second regions are formed on the first substrate and the second substrate. In a narrow viewing mode, the luminous flux of the first regions along a first viewing direction is different from that of the first regions along a second viewing direction opposite to the first viewing direction, and the luminous flux of the second regions along the first viewing direction is substantially different from that of the first regions along the first viewing direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2011Publication date: March 29, 2012Inventors: Chao-Wei Yeh, Chien-Huang Liao, Wen-Hao Hsu, Tien-Lun Ting, Chao-Yuan Chen, Jenn-Jia Su
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Publication number: 20120075540Abstract: A stereo display includes a display panel, a first polarizer modulator disposed above the display panel, and a second polarizer modulator disposed above the first polarizer modulator. The second polarizer modulator includes a first lens set, a second lens set opposite to the first lens set, a polarization material, and a birefringent material. An angle between an extending direction of the first lens set and an extending direction of the second lens set is not 0 or 180 degrees. The polarization material is between the first lens set and the second lens set. The birefringent material is disposed in at least one of the first lens set and the second lens set.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2011Publication date: March 29, 2012Applicant: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: Chao-Yuan Chen, Yu-Chieh Chen
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Patent number: 8144273Abstract: A switchable two and three dimensional display (2D/3D display) suitable for being viewed by a user is provided. The 2D/3D display includes a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel and a switchable barrier. The LCD panel has a display area, a non-display area surrounding the display area, and a first black matrix extending from the display area to the non-display area. The first black matrix has a number of openings arranged in array and merely distributed within the display area. The switchable barrier has a 3D image control area, a non-display area surrounding the 3D image control area, and a second black matrix merely disposed within the non-display area. The second black matrix surrounds the 3D image control area. An area occupied by the 3D image control area is different from an area occupied by the display area.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2008Date of Patent: March 27, 2012Assignee: Au Optronics CorporationInventors: Chao-Yuan Chen, Jenn-Jia Su, Ting-Jui Chang
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Publication number: 20120069279Abstract: A graded index birefringent component is described and shown with at least one liquid crystal layer having a plurality of lens segments, wherein the orientation of the liquid crystal molecules varies across each lens segment of the liquid crystal layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 5, 2011Publication date: March 22, 2012Applicant: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: Jonathan Harrold, Graham John Woodgate, Chao-Yuan Chen
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Publication number: 20110261299Abstract: A three-dimensional display includes a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel, a polarizer, a composite optical film, a phase retarder, and an adhesive layer. The LCD panel has a display surface and a rear surface opposite to the display surface. The polarizer is disposed on the rear surface. The composite optical film is disposed on the display surface. The composite optical film includes a quarter wave plate and at least one optical film located between the LCD panel and the quarter wave plate. The phase retarder has a plurality of phase retardation patterns separated from one another, and phase retardation of each phase retardation pattern is ?/2. The adhesive layer is disposed between the composite optical film and the phase retarder, and the phase retarder adheres to the quarter wave plate through the adhesive layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2011Publication date: October 27, 2011Applicant: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: Chia-Hsuan Tai, Chao-Yuan Chen, Shen-Liang Chen, Wei-Ching Hsu, Norio Sugiura
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Publication number: 20110216277Abstract: A three-dimensional (3D) display including a display panel and a phase retardation film is provided. The display panel has a plurality of first pixel regions and a plurality of second pixel regions that are arranged as an array. The phase retardation film is disposed on the surface of the display panel. The phase retardation film has a plurality of first retardation regions and a plurality of second retardation regions that are alternately arranged. The first retardation regions have the same phase retardation, the second retardation regions have the same phase retardation, and the phase retardation of the first retardation regions is different from that of the second retardation regions. All the regions of the phase retardation film have the same transmittance. A display method adaptable to the 3D display is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2010Publication date: September 8, 2011Applicant: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: Li Chen, Chia-Chih Kao, Chao-Yuan Chen, Geng-Yu Liu, Wen-Hao Hsu, Jenn-Jia Su
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Publication number: 20110216253Abstract: A three-dimensional display including a display panel and a phase retardation film is provided. The display panel has a plurality of first pixel regions and a plurality of second pixel regions arranged in arrays. The phase retardation film is configured on a surface of the display panel. Here, the phase retardation film has a plurality of first retardation regions and a plurality of second retardation regions that are arranged alternately. The first retardation regions have the same phase retardation, the second retardation regions have the same phase retardation, and the phase retardation of the first retardation regions is different from that of the second retardation regions. All the regions of the phase retardation film have the same optical transmittance. A displaying method adaptable to the three-dimensional display is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2011Publication date: September 8, 2011Applicant: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: Li Chen, Chia-Chih Kao, Chao-Yuan Chen, Ken-Yu Liu, Wen-Hao Hsu, Jenn-Jia Su
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Publication number: 20110157500Abstract: An exemplary stereoscopic display device includes a backlight module, a display panel, and a polarizer panel. The backlight module provides a light source for the stereoscopic display device. The display panel is used for displaying a received image. The polarizer panel includes a plurality of polarizer elements. The states of the polarizer elements are switched by an ON/OFF operation for switching a polarization angle of the polarizer panel. The ON/OFF operation of the polarizer panel includes an enabled time interval and a disabled time interval. The polarizer elements provide two different polarization angles respectively in the enabled and disabled time intervals. The enabled time interval and the disabled time interval have different time lengths from each other. A stereoscopic image displaying method is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2010Publication date: June 30, 2011Applicant: AU OPTRONICS CORP.Inventors: Ken-Yu Liu, Cheng-Lung Wu, Chao-Yuan Chen, Jenn-Jia Su
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Publication number: 20100271800Abstract: A display apparatus and a method for manufacturing an optical compound layer are provided. The display apparatus comprises a light source and an optical compound layer, wherein the light source is adapted to emit a light beam, and the light beam has a polarization direction. The optical compound layer is disposed on the light source correspondingly to receive the light beam. The optical compound layer comprises a thin film and a plurality of dopants doped therein. One of the thin film and the dopants has a specific orientation which is substantially the same as the polarization direction of the light beam and the refractive indexes of the thin film and the dopants are substantially the same as well.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2009Publication date: October 28, 2010Applicant: AU OPTRONICS CORP.Inventors: Chao-Yuan Chen, Jenn-Jia Su, Ting-Jui Chang
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Patent number: 7796200Abstract: A switchable 2D/3D display includes a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel and a switchable barrier. The LCD panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a first twisted nematic (TN) liquid crystal layer, a first wide-view film set including a first wide-view film and a second wide-view film, and a first polarizer set. The first polarizer set includes a first polarizer and a second polarizer. Transmission axes of the first and second polarizers are substantially perpendicular to each other. The switchable barrier includes a third substrate, a fourth substrate, a second TN liquid crystal layer, a second wide-view film set including a third wide-view film and a fourth wide-view film, and a second polarizer set. The second polarizer set includes a third polarizer and a fourth polarizer. Transmission axes of the third and fourth polarizers are substantially perpendicular to each other.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2008Date of Patent: September 14, 2010Assignee: AU Optronics CorporationInventors: Chao-Yuan Chen, Geng-Yu Liu, Jenn-Jia Su, Ting-Jui Chang
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Publication number: 20100225747Abstract: A 2D/3D image displaying apparatus includes a sub-pixel, a first and second data lines and a gamma circuit. The sub-pixel includes a first portion and a second portion. The first and second data lines are coupled to the first and second portion of the sub-pixel, respectively. The gamma circuit transmits correlated gamma signals to a driving circuit for driving the first and second part of the sub-pixel via the first and second data lines when 2D image is to be displayed, and transmits a single gamma signal to the driving circuit for driving the first and second portion of the sub-pixel via the first and second data lines when 3D image is to be displayed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2009Publication date: September 9, 2010Applicant: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: Chao-Yuan Chen, Wen-Hao Hsu, Ting-Jui Chang
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Publication number: 20100109979Abstract: A stereoscopic display device includes a display panel, and a light modulator. The display panel provides a first display information and a second display information alternately by scanning. The light modulator is disposed on the side of a display surface of the display panel and receives the first display information and the second display information. The light modulator provides a first modulating mode and a second modulating mode alternately by scanning synchronously with the display panel. The first modulating mode corresponds to the first display information, and renders the first display information having a first polarization state; the second modulating mode corresponds to the second display information, and renders the second display information having a second polarization state.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2009Publication date: May 6, 2010Inventors: Chao-Yuan Chen, Geng-Yu Liu, Jenn-Jia Su, Ting-Jui Chang
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Publication number: 20100091204Abstract: A switchable 2D/3D display includes a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel and a switchable barrier. The LCD panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a first twisted nematic (TN) liquid crystal layer, a first wide-view film set including a first wide-view film and a second wide-view film, and a first polarizer set. The first polarizer set includes a first polarizer and a second polarizer. Transmission axes of the first and second polarizers are substantially perpendicular to each other. The switchable barrier includes a third substrate, a fourth substrate, a second TN liquid crystal layer, a second wide-view film set including a third wide-view film and a fourth wide-view film, and a second polarizer set. The second polarizer set includes a third polarizer and a fourth polarizer. Transmission axes of the third and fourth polarizers are substantially perpendicular to each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2008Publication date: April 15, 2010Applicant: Au Optronics CorporationInventors: Chao-Yuan Chen, Geng-Yu Liu, Jenn-Jia Su, Ting-Jui Chang
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Publication number: 20100091227Abstract: A switchable two and three dimensional display (2D/3D display) suitable for being viewed by a user is provided. The 2D/3D display includes a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel and a switchable barrier. The LCD panel has a display area, a non-display area surrounding the display area, and a first black matrix extending from the display area to the non-display area. The first black matrix has a number of openings arranged in array and merely distributed within the display area. The switchable barrier has a 3D image control area, a non-display area surrounding the 3D image control area, and a second black matrix merely disposed within the non-display area. The second black matrix surrounds the 3D image control area. An area occupied by the 3D image control area is different from an area occupied by the display area.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2008Publication date: April 15, 2010Applicant: AU Optronics CorporationInventors: Chao-Yuan Chen, Jenn-Jia Su, Ting-Jui Chang
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Publication number: 20100060721Abstract: A three-dimensional display for the viewer to watch through glasses is provided, wherein the glasses have two lenses and the polarized directions thereof are perpendicular to each other. The three-dimensional display includes a display panel and a liquid crystal phase modulator. The display panel, suitable for displaying an image, has a plurality of pixels arranged in array and a polarizer having a transmission axis, wherein the polarizer disposed between the pixels and the glasses. The liquid crystal phase modulator suitable for providing phase retardation includes a liquid crystal layer and an alignment layer adjacent to the display panel. An included angle between an alignment direction of the alignment layer and the transmission axis is substantially equal to n×45 degrees, wherein an absolute value of n is an integer. The liquid crystal phase modulator adjusts a phase of the image and then outputs an image with three-dimensional information.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2008Publication date: March 11, 2010Applicant: Au Optronics CorporationInventors: Chao-Yuan Chen, Chih-Wen Chen, Geng-Yu Liu, Wan-Hua Lu, Ting-Jui Chang
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Publication number: 20100039418Abstract: A dual-image flat display device includes a first and a second substrates parallel with each other, a liquid crystal layer having liquid crystal molecules, and at least a pixel disposed on the second substrate. The pixel includes pluralities of sub-pixels arranged side by side along a first direction. Each sub-pixel has a first azimuthal angle domain and a second azimuthal angle domain, wherein the first and second azimuthal angle domains are arranged side by side along a second direction in the sub-pixel, and the second direction is not parallel with the first direction. The azimuthal angles of liquid crystal molecules in the first and second azimuthal angle domains have an included angle less than 180°.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2009Publication date: February 18, 2010Inventors: Chao-Yuan Chen, Chieh-Wei Chen, Hung-Lung Hou, Chia-Yu Lee, Jenn-Jia Su
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Patent number: 7643124Abstract: A liquid crystal is provided, which can be used in a liquid crystal display (LCD) to provide an LCD exhibiting a good transmittance. The liquid crystal according to the invention has the following properties: (i) a dielectric anisotropy (??) ranging from about ?2.5 to about ?5; (ii) a splay elastic constant (K11) ranging from about 1.1×10?11 N to about 1.6×10?11 N; (iii) a bend elastic constant (K33) ranging from about 1.1×10?11 N to about 1.6×10?11 N; and (iv) ??, K11 (N) and K33 (N) conforming to the following equation: K 11 + K 33 ? 10 × ? ? ? ? ? < 1.28 × 10 - 12 . A liquid crystal material combination is also provided which comprises the liquid crystal according to the invention above mentioned and a polymerizable monomer.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2008Date of Patent: January 5, 2010Assignee: AU Optronics Corp.Inventors: Chia-Hsuan Pai, Chao-Yuan Chen, Te-Sheng Chen, Jenn-Jia Su
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Publication number: 20090102865Abstract: A method for driving a pixel is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of determining a first predetermined gray-level and a second predetermined gray-level which are corresponding to a target gray-level according to the target gray-level of the pixel, wherein an equivalent gray-level of sum of the first predetermined gray-level and the second predetermined gray-level is equal to the target gray-level, thereafter, generating a first driving voltage and a second driving voltage according to the first predetermined gray-level and the second predetermined gray-level for respectively driving a first sub-pixel and a second sub-pixel within the pixel during a frame period. The first driving voltage is greater than the second driving voltage when the equivalent gray-level is small than a first setting gray-level; the first driving voltage is small than the second driving voltage when the equivalent gray-level is greater than the first setting gray-level.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2007Publication date: April 23, 2009Applicant: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: Chao-Yuan Chen, Wen-Hao Hsu, Ting-Wei Su, Jenn-Jia Su
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Publication number: 20090086139Abstract: A liquid crystal is provided, which can be used in a liquid crystal display (LCD) to provide an LCD exhibiting a good transmittance. The liquid crystal according to the invention has the following properties: (i) a dielectric anisotropy (??) ranging from about ?2.5 to about ?5; (ii) a splay elastic constant (K11) ranging from about 1.1×10?11 N to about 1.6×10?11 N; (iii) a bend elastic constant (K33) ranging from about 1.1×10?11 N to about 1.6×10?11 N; and (iv) ??, K11 (N) and K33 (N) conforming to the following equation: K 11 + K 33 ? 10 × ? ? ? ? ? < 1.28 × 10 - 12 . A liquid crystal material combination is also provided which comprises the liquid crystal according to the invention above mentioned and a polymerizable monomer.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2008Publication date: April 2, 2009Applicant: AU OPTRONICS CORP.Inventors: Chia-Hsuan Pai, Chao-Yuan Chen, Te-Sheng Chen, Jenn-Jia Su
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Patent number: 7483088Abstract: The present invention provides a tunable terahertz (THz) wavelength selector device, which includes a fixed phase retarder, a tunable phase retarder and a pair of linear polarizers to form a unit. The fixed phase retarder and tunable phase retarder basically utilizes liquid crystals to provide phase retardation, moreover, utilizing birefringence phenomenon possessed by liquid crystals can provide adequate phase retardation. The fixed phase retarder utilizes horizontal orientation of liquid crystal cell to provide fixed phase retardation, while the tunable phase retarder however utilizes homeotropic liquid crystal cell and a rotatable magnet to provide a tunable phase retardation, wherein the tunable phase retarder can provide the positive or negative phase retardation relative to the fixed phase retarder, based on the direction of the magnet's rotating axes and totally use the entire tunable range into adjusting frequencies which can pass through.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2006Date of Patent: January 27, 2009Assignee: National Chiao Tung UniversityInventors: Ru-Pin Chao, Ci-Ling Pan, Chao-Yuan Chen